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'People on the Mountain (Szots, 1941): Humanist Drama or Nationalist Propaganda?'

16:30 28 November 2013
Emberek a havason/People on the Mountain (Szots István, 1941) is a film about a poor mountain family struggling against disease, poverty and the cruelty of those who do not understand…

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Bona Eek curator tour

12:00 - 13:00 28 November 2013
Join the artists for a bona bijou troll through the fantabulosa history of Polari, learn the basics and get involved with saving a language!

CTIS Research Seminars

CTIS Research Seminar: Simultaneous Conference Interpreting: A Short History of Nearly Everything

14:00 - 15:20 28 November 2013
Simultaneous interpreting first saw the light of day in the early 1920s when E. Filene and A. Gordon-Finlay, using early telephone technology, developed the first so-called telephonic…

Ehrhardt Seminar: John Healey

14:00 - 16:00 28 November 2013
The Centre for Biblical Studies presents the Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduate students. 90 minutes followed by coffee.

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Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 28 November 2013
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

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Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana

25 October 2013 - 4 May 2014
This exhibition at Manchester Museum is the first ever officially approved showing of clay figurines made by a previously little understood people in Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa.…

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Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

Manchester Centre for Health Economics (MCHE) | Official launch

12:00 - 16:30 28 November 2013
'''Host:''' Centre for Health Economics, Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' The Manchester Centre for Health Economics (MCHE) will be holding an afternoon conference…

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

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Musicology Forum: 'Poverty and ‘Piracy’: Local music recordings and competing interests in Bolivia'

16:15 - 17:45 28 November 2013
This week's Musicology Forum is given by ethnomusicologist Dr Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway, University of London).

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NEW! Children’s Birthday Parties

1 - 30 November 2013
For a truly unique birthday experience, celebrate your birthday with Stan, the T-Rex & friends at Manchester Museum. The museum offers birthday parties that are full of hands-on activities…

On Charity (Religions and Theology Seminar Series) - Charlie Pemberton

16:00 - 17:30 28 November 2013
Charlie Pemberton continues the Religions and Theology seminar series.

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Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

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Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

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Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

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Rock Drop: Geology identification sessions

14:00 - 15:00 28 November 2013
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils. Drop-in, free, Collections Study Centre (Floor 3)

Classics and Ancient History (CLAH) frieze in restoration

Slaving Over Numbers. Demand and supply in the Roman world

16:55 - 18:30 28 November 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

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The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

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Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 28 November 2013
Peter Maxwell Davies Piano Sonata (1981) Beethoven Sonata in A flat Op. 110 The second of Richard Casey’s “ Beethoven and…” recitals this year features the rarely performed…

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Wildlife recording

18:00 14 - 20:00 28 November 2013
Building up a picture of which species occur where in Greater Manchester is vital to ensure species protection and to enable changes in distribution to be monitored. This six week course…

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Coral: Something Rich and Strange

29 November 2013 - 16 March 2014
Temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum. Explore the enduring fascination with coral as a material, symbol and inspiration for artists, cultures and societies across the centuries.…

A family enjoying a polar story at The Manchester Museum

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 13:30 29 November 2013
Storymaking and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers. Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under 5s and their families/carers

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Manchester University Commissioning Ensemble (MUCE)

13:10 - 14:00 29 November 2013
MUCE is a new, student-run initiative dedicated to showcasing the compositional talent that students, staff and University alumni have to offer. Composers are offered a unique opportunity…

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Hands on hieroglyphs – what do hieroglyphs mean?

10:00 - 16:00 30 November 2013
Hands on hieroglyphs – what do hieroglyphs mean? Ever looked into a museum case and wanted to know what the hieroglyphs mean? Join Egyptology curator Campbell Price to take the basic…

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Urban Naturalist: Plant dyes

14:00 - 16:00 30 November 2013
From onion skins to teabags, madder roots to marigolds, expert dyer and textile artist Debbie Tomkies will be showing you some of the beautiful colours you can achieve with common items…

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